QHQ Chromatic Aberration Rig (tutorial+script)

Update!
New version 1.3.1 (25 March 2014) now supports both English and German After Effects. If you would like to assist me with other localizations, contact me by email.

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Just when it seemed as if QubaHQ Tutorials won’t ever come back, the long-awaited QHQ Chromatic Aberration Rig Tutorial and Script are finally here. Feels like the first day of spring may be a good time for new beginnings. Throughout season 2, QubaHQ Tutorials will be shorter, smarter, snappier and more to-the-point. Unless absolutely necessary, gone are the 90-minute videos, in favor of simpler and more digestible format. I currently have ideas and material for 13 new episodes, and hope to match the US Television standard of 22-24 episodes before taking a break for season 3.

In this tutorial I will discuss the optics of chromatic aberration and common ways of reproducing it in vfx. I will also introduce the brand new Chromatic Aberration Rig in form of an After Effects script that automates the creation of this effect into a simple 2-click procedure.

Running time: 27min
Difficulty: Easy
Required tools: After Effects
Intro and Outro music: “Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails

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Download the files associated with this turtorial below:

• QubaHQ Chromatic Aberration Rig Script 1.3.1
  Tested with Adobe After Effects CC
  Localized for English and German AE versions
  QHQ_ChromaticAberration_v1.3.1.jsx

Thanks to Jonathan Baecker for the help with German localization.

The tutorial can also be watched at YouTube and Vimeo.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.